Daisetsuzan (Asahidake)

National park · Hokkaidō

Autumn foliage at Daisetsuzan (Asahidake)
Photo: pakku / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

Japan's fall color starts here: alpine shrubs on Asahidake, Hokkaido's highest peak, turn scarlet in early-to-mid September, weeks ahead of anywhere else in the country. The ropeway lifts hikers to the Sugatami trail's crater views.

Best for: the earliest color in Japan

Don’t miss

  • Asahidake Ropeway
  • Sugatami walking trail
  • Sounkyo Gorge nearby

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It sits at 1,108 m, high enough to turn before the valleys do.

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